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a maggot
maggot 是可数名词，表示“蛆”，一条蛆用 a maggot。
A maggot was crawling on the rotten fruit.
一条蛆正在烂水果上爬。
蛆
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
蛆
maggot
A maggot was crawling on the rotten fruit.
一条蛆正在烂水果上爬。
蝇或其他双翅目昆虫的软体无足幼虫,常食腐烂有机物
A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipteran insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
常见于腐烂有机物中的家蝇和绿头蝇的幼虫
the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter
The trash can was full of maggots because we left the meat out too long.
垃圾桶里全是蛆，因为我们把肉放得太久忘了扔。
He lifted the compost lid and saw tiny white maggots wriggling in the food waste.
他掀开堆肥桶盖，看到食物残渣里有小小的白色蛆在蠕动。
Fishermen sometimes use maggots as bait to catch small fish.
钓鱼人有时用蛆作饵来钓小鱼。
maggot 是可数名词，表示“蛆”，一条蛆用 a maggot。
A maggot was crawling on the rotten fruit.
一条蛆正在烂水果上爬。
复数形式 maggots 常与 in/on 加地点连用，表示蛆所在的位置。
There were maggots in the rubbish bin.
垃圾桶里有蛆。
be infested with 表示“大量滋生、布满”，常带有负面色彩。
The abandoned food was infested with maggots.
被丢弃的食物上长满了蛆。
用一般现在时表示普遍规律；maggot 复数不加冠词。
Maggots turn into flies in about a week.
蛆大约一周后变成苍蝇。
Not this
There are maggot crawling in the waste bin.
Use this
There are maggots crawling in the waste bin.
maggot 是可数名词；在 there are 后面必须用复数形式 maggots，表示不止一条蛆。
Not this
I found maggot in my rice.
Use this
I found a maggot in my rice.
maggot 是单数可数名词，第一次提到时不能光杆使用，需要用不定冠词 a 来修饰，a maggot 才能表达“一条蛆”。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
蛆虫疗法
Maggot therapy is used to clean slow-healing wounds.
蛆虫疗法用于清理愈合缓慢的伤口。
布满蛆的
The trash bin was maggot-infested after being left in the heat.
垃圾桶在高温下放置后布满了蛆。
蝇蛆
Fly maggots feed on decaying organic matter.
蝇蛆以腐烂的有机物为食。
蛆虫养殖场
He runs a maggot farm to supply bait for fishermen.
他经营一家蛆虫养殖场，为钓鱼者供应鱼饵。
蛆饵
Maggot bait is popular among coarse anglers.
蛆饵在淡水钓鱼爱好者中很受欢迎。
有一个怪念头；异想天开
He's got a maggot in his head about building a boat in his backyard.
他脑子里有个怪念头，想在自家后院造一艘船。
我尝过宇宙心灵中的蛆虫。
This line about 'maggots' opens the intro of Funkadelic's 1971 classic 'Maggot Brain,' a landmark of psychedelic funk.
这句关于“蛆虫”的独白出自Funkadelic乐队1971年的经典歌曲《Maggot Brain》的开头，是迷幻放克的里程碑之作。
Use maggot naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
maggot 谐音‘埋个它’：把腐肉埋起来，里面生出的幼虫就是 maggot（蛆）。
语域：neutral 常见场景：trash、compost、forensics、fishing bait 通常为中性常用词，多用于指垃圾、腐肉或堆肥中的苍蝇幼虫；在医学（如蛆虫疗法）或法医鉴定等语境也较常见。
Only “faggot” (/ˈfæɡət/) rhymes with “maggot”. “Bigot” ends in the same letters but uses /ɪ/: /ˈbɪɡət/. “Carrot” and “parrot” share the final /ət/ and the /æ/ vowel but have an /r/ where “maggot” has a /ɡ/, so they don't rhyme. “Magnet” only shares the first syllable /ˈmæɡ/. “Gadget” looks similar at the end but is pronounced /ˈɡædʒɪt/, not /ɡət/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.